The Alzheimer's Research Trust has commissioned the Health Economics Research Centre at the University of Oxford to produce a report on the economic cost of dementia to the UK, and the country's investment ...

This report evaluates progress in the adoption of the Department of Health's dementia strategy 'Living well with dementia' and states there has not yet been a robust approach to implementation.

This guideline provides an assessment of, and presents the evidence base for, the efficacy of non-pharmaceutical therapies, encompassing psychological therapies, structured exercise and lifestyle interventions, ...

The NHS standard contracts for Mental Health and Learning Disability and Ambulance Services are published today. The contracts support the NHS Operating Framework for 20010-2011: The contracts should ...

This document provides the key learning from the national Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPP) programme.

The full Government response to the final report of the independent CAMHS Review, setting out progress to date and plans for the future of children and young people's mental health. The response also gives ...

The Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy Service was created under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. It started in 2007 and this is the annual report of its second year in operation.

This guidance was published initially in draft form as part of a consultation on advice and information for children, young people and alcohol, being facilitated in England by the Department for Children, ...

Best practice guidance for organisations using and implementing Patient Level Costing and Information Systems (PLICS) in a mental health setting.

New Horizons sets out an intention across a wide range of agencies to move towards a society where people understand that their mental well-being is as important as their physical health if they are to ...

Commissioning high quality modern mental health services presents real challenges - but help is at hand for commissioners with the publication of a new guide today. ‘The Commissioning Friend for Mental ...

The main purpose of the report is to enable those working in clinical and social care services to improve the quality of life of people with learning disabilities who develop dementia, by providing guidance ...

This document informs mental health trusts, PCTs and SHAs of the criteria against which mental health performance will be assessed. It should be read alongside 'Implementing the NHS Performance Framework'.

The guideline aims to provide a framework for evidence based assessment and management of ADHD/HKD which can be applied within a local multidisciplinary and multiagency approach.

A report published today by the Alzhimer's Society states that people with dementia are staying far longer in hospital than people without the condition who go in for the same treatment.

In recognition of widespread concern about the over-prescription of anti-psychotic drugs, and as part of the priority being given to improving care for people with dementia, Professor Sube Banerjee was ...

We've added the new edition of the EBMH Journal to the collection. Follow the link to view the articles.

Steve Pilling, Joint Director of the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health has written a summary of the two depression guidelines published by NICE in October 2009.

This guidance offers best practice guidance on the treatment and management of depression in adults.

The draft evaluation of depression screening against the UK NSC criteria. This paper uses evidence published up to June 2009 to update the review by Gilbody et al (2006) of the performance of screening ...